> well, one reason is the capacity problem and short supplies and that is going back to the ancient law of supply and demand. >> uh-huh. >> and so we're seeing the spikes. in the last week or so, we have seen a decline in prices in the washington metro area and washington, d.c. proper. and now they're spiking up again. so, we don't have this under control and it needs to become under control. we think that that will happen by election day or by thanksgiving. >> election day or thanksgiving. okay. and so is that when we will start seeing some relief? or late least you hope we'll see relief, john. >> we have been wrong about this all year long. this has been an uncertainty year. we saw spikes when we thought prices were declining and when they declining, we have seen the vice-versas. so it's really strange out there now and anything can happen, but we're going to go on record saying we think the prices will decline the next four weeks or so or by thanksgiving. >> if not, we're going to have you back in here and talk to but that. >> you should. and beat me with many strikes. it's the third